The Saint Petersburg Directorate of the Investigative Committee has charged Dmitry Semyonov, a founder and CEO of OOO NSK-Monolit with tax evasion under Part 2, item “b” of Article 199 of the RF Criminal Code.

According to investigators, Semyonov included false information in tax statements in the period between April 2011 and March 2014 and evaded to pay more than 1 billion 291 million rubles in tax.

At present, a court has ruled to place the accused under house arrest. Investigators are going to take steps to recover the damage done by the crime. The investigation continues.